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43pct of COVID deaths so far this year are unvaccinated

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 06:38 PM

The Department of Health on Tuesday disclosed that 43 percent of COVID-19-related deaths in the country so far this year were unvaccinated. Read more »

DOH seeing rise in COVID-related deaths

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 19 08:20 PM

More than half or 63 percent of the fatalities, Vergeire said, were unvaccinated. Read more »

China's low COVID death toll prompts questions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 12:36 PM

Top Chinese epidemiologist Wu Zunyou has attributed the country's low death rate to its strategy of early detection through mass testing. Read more »

HK logs 1st potentially COVID-linked death in 5 months

Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 03:31 PM

An elderly man who returned a positive test for COVID in Hong Kong died on Tuesday, its first death potentially linked with the virus in 5 months. Read more »

India COVID death toll could be 3 million - experts

Neha Arora and Sumit Khanna, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 12:27 PM

"Our study published in the journal Science estimates 3 million COVID deaths in India until mid-2021 using 3 different databases," a co-author said. Read more »

Australia suffers deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic

Renju Jose, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 03:17 PM

Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalization rates to record levels. Read more »

PH coronavirus deaths average 40 a day from Sept 1-5

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 04:02 PM

The Philippines is recording an average of 40 COVID-19 related deaths per day in the first week of September, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Areas outside NCR record more COVID-19 fatalities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 01:05 AM

More COVID-19 fatalities are reported in several areas outside Metro Manila. Read more »

PH COVID-19 case fatality rate climbs to highest level since April

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 11:04 PM

Active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines are declining, but the case fatality rate now is at its highest since April.  Read more »

Thai authorities propose tighter curbs as COVID-19 deaths climb

Reuters
Posted at Jul 08 03:08 PM

Thailand's health ministry said Thursday it had proposed new travel curbs and tighter restrictions in high-risk areas to contain COVID-19 cases, as the country reported a daily record of 75 deaths from the coronavirus. Read more »

Archdiocese of Manila, nag-alay ng misa para sa mga nasawi dahil sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 08:12 PM

Sa gitna ng patuloy na lumolobong bilang ng mga tinatamaan ng COVID-19 sa bansa at patuloy na pagdami ng mga namamatay dahil sa virus, nag-alay naman ng misa ang Archdiocese of Manila para sa kanila. Read more »

Brazil sets new daily COVID-19 death record, as hospital supplies run low

Reuters
Posted at Apr 09 08:20 AM

Brazil on Thursday set a new record of 4,249 coronavirus deaths in a day, as the country nears record levels of deaths seen in the United States. Read more »

Reported COVID-19 deaths in PH reach record-high daily average of 117 — gov’t data

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 12:09 AM

MANILA — For the last 7 days, the Philippines has been logging an average of 117 COVID-related deaths daily, based on government data.   Read more »

Mexico passes 200,000 COVID deaths

Sofia Miselem, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 03:43 PM

Mexico on Thursday became the world's third country to surpass 200,000 coronavirus deaths, as fears grew of another wave of infections after Easter. Read more »

DOH: PSA’s 27k COVID death count for 2020 include suspect, probable cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 03:03 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday explained that probable and suspect COVID-19 cases were included in the Philippine Statistics Authority's tally of over 27,000 coronavirus deaths last year, over twice the department's current count.  Read more »

COVID-19: Chinese scientists find selenium may be a dirty secret behind low infection rates

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 10 12:53 PM

Researchers delve into theory that high selenium presence in the soil corresponds with higher human immunity. But scientists say more research is needed and warn of dangers associated with excessive intake and taking selenium without medical advice.  Read more »

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll passes a quarter million

Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 07:24 AM

Brazil's COVID-19 outbreak has killed 251,498 people, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday, as it reported 1,541 deaths in the past 24 hours, the second-highest daily death toll since the pandemic hit the country a year ago. Read more »

Apart from Wuhan, China’s death rates didn’t rise at start of COVID-19 pandemic, study finds

Jack Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 25 04:25 PM

A new study has found death rates did not rise in China at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, except in the ground-zero city of Wuhan where the outbreak was first reported.   Read more »

Mexico's COVID-19 death toll surpasses India, becomes world's third highest

Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 02:47 PM

Mexico has surpassed India in confirmed COVID-19 deaths, giving the Latin American country the third-highest toll worldwide, according to a Reuters tally of official data.   Read more »

China COVID-19 cases surge to over 10-month high; travel discouraged

Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 02:38 PM

China reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months, official data showed on Friday, due to a severe outbreak in the northeast that has put more than 28 million people under lockdown. Read more »